Art Show | Navigating Identity Through Dreamlike Spatial Painting and Ink-Based Imagery

Poster credit: Awita New York Studio

(Brooklyn, NY) Brooklyn-based artist Min Park presents a new solo exhibition exploring identity as fluid, fragmented, and continuously evolving. Through layered imagery, larger-scale paintings, and immersive spatial composition, the exhibition reflects on memory, belonging, and the experience of navigating between cultures and shifting versions of the self.

Bringing together ink-based works and expanded painterly environments, the exhibition extends beyond the wall to create a contemplative space where images drift, overlap, and dissolve. Figures emerge through delicate lines and negative space, suspended within ambiguous environments that feel both familiar and distant. These visual fragments mirror the ways identity is shaped through memory, perception, and lived experience, never fully fixed and constantly in motion.

Unravel, 5.5″ x 7.5″, Watercolor and ink on paper

Throughout the exhibition, repetition and variation become central visual strategies. Motifs reappear in altered forms, suggesting cycles of reflection, displacement, and return. Layers of imagery blur distinctions between past and present, internal and external, and individual and collective experience. Rather than presenting a singular narrative, the exhibition invites viewers into an open environment shaped by ambiguity, slow observation, and personal interpretation.

The atmosphere remains intentionally quiet and introspective. Subtle shifts in scale, spacing, and composition encourage viewers to move through the space at their own pace, encountering moments of clarity alongside uncertainty. In doing so, the exhibition creates room for multiple perspectives, reflecting the complexity and instability of identity itself.

Rooted in Park’s ongoing exploration of dreams, cultural in-betweenness, and memory, the exhibition considers how identity is continuously constructed within in-between spaces. It reflects on how belonging adapts over time and how personal and collective experiences intersect, overlap, and resonate with one another.

Underneath, 6″ x 6″, Watercolor and ink on wood

Exhibition Dates

July 2 – 31, 2026

Opening Reception

July 2, 2026 | 6 – 9 PM

Artist

Min Park

Venue

Awita New York Studio
274 S 2nd St, Brooklyn, NY 11211

About the Artist

Min Park is a Brooklyn-based multidisciplinary artist working across drawing, painting, illustration, and installation. She received a B.F.A. in Visual Communication Design from Dankook University in South Korea and an M.F.A. in Communication Design from Pratt Institute in New York.

Park’s practice explores identity, memory, and belonging through dreamlike imagery, often combining ink, watercolor, and layered compositions. Her work reflects on navigating between cultures and the shifting experience of the self, translating intimate drawings into immersive spatial environments. Her work has been recognized by institutions including the Society of Illustrators and has been exhibited internationally. Selected exhibitions include Art on Paper Fair, New York (2024); a digital exhibition presented by Artist Talk Magazine in Times Square, New York (2024); and Power in Numbers 8 at Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra (2023). She has also held solo exhibitions at The Living Gallery, Brooklyn (2023). Park is the recipient of multiple honors, including Gold Awards from the MUSE Creative Awards and MUSE Design Awards (2022–2023). Her work was also acquired by Seoul City Hall and the Seoul City Museum for the group exhibition Fabulous Days for All(2021).

(text & photo courtesy of Min Park and Awita New York Studio)

Author: Editorial Team

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